Vapi
Compare who owns the AI keys, the phone line and the runtime, without assuming current vendor features.
$0.05 a minute · Vapi list price, 6 November 2026
Vapi documentation ↗Architecture comparisons
Compare who owns what
A framework, a hosted agent platform and an all-in calling product leave different work to your team. These pages compare who owns what. Where a vendor lists a per-minute price, we quote it with its source and the date we read it.
Documentation links dated 12 September 2026; list prices read 6 November 2026. No live vendor request was made while building these pages. Documentation links are official starting points, and any list price quoted was read from the vendor's own pricing page on 6 November 2026. Prices and terms change: recheck the vendor's page before you decide.
Retell
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$0.055 a minute · Retell AI list price, 6 November 2026
Retell documentation ↗Bland
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$0.12 to $0.14 a minute · Bland list price, 6 November 2026
Bland documentation ↗Bolna
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Bolna product site ↗Dograh
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Dograh repository ↗LiveKit Agents
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$0.01 a minute · LiveKit Cloud list price, 6 November 2026
LiveKit Agents documentation ↗Pipecat
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$0.01 a minute · Pipecat Cloud list price, 6 November 2026
Pipecat documentation ↗ElevenLabs Agents
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$0.08 a minute · ElevenLabs Agents list price, 6 November 2026
ElevenLabs conversational AI documentation ↗Millis
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Millis product site ↗Vogent
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Vogent product site ↗Layercode
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Layercode product site ↗Questions that survive a price-page change
Whose keys?
Does your team own provider credentials and choose the exact models?
Whose line?
Who owns numbers, caller identity, routing, compliance, and carrier charges?
Whose runtime?
Who operates realtime media, interruption, retries, admission, and metering?